Lorenzo Villaggi
Principal Research Scientist
Americas
Biography
Lorenzo Villaggi is a Principal Research Scientist within the AEC Industry Futures group, Autodesk Research. His work focuses on novel data-driven design approaches, reusable design intelligence, advanced visualization and sustainability. Recent projects include a net zero carbon and affordable housing development for Factory_OS in California, the NIS engine Factory for Airbus in Hamburg, the Alkmaar Affordable Housing District for Van Wijnen in the Netherlands, the Autodesk Mars Office in Toronto, and the Embodied Computation Lab for Princeton University. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Areas
Publications (11)
2025
A Contactless Multi-Modal Sensing Approach for Material Assessment and Recovery in Building DeconstructionThis research enables contactless assessment of in-situ buildings to…
2024
Generative Design through Quality-Diversity Data Synthesis and Language ModelsA new paradigm for AEC design exploration, based on a combination of…
2022
Harnessing Game-Inspired Content Creation for Intuitive Generative Design and OptimizationA multi-scale generative design model that adapts the Wave Function…
Projects
2019
Project Discover: Workflow for Generative Design in ArchitectureThis project involves the integration of a rule-based geometric…
2017
Bionic Partition: The World’s Largest 3D-printed Airplane ComponentDeveloped in collaboration with Airbus, Autodesk, and APWorks, the…
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